This book is a guide to how financial steering is designed, measured and implemented with a special focus on the energy industry. The authors offer an overview of and practical insights into the links between financial steering and accounting, and the temporary cycles of investment, divestment, return and loss, market highs and lows that form the framework of the entire energy industry across all value chain stages. The faster and the larger the cash cycles of investments and their returns...

The definitive guide to all things IFRSIFRS Made Easy provides complete, easy-to-navigate coverage of all International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) with concise explanations and hundreds of supporting examples. This reference tool goes anywhere you go-to a client's office, on a business trip, or to an important lunch meeting, with on-the-spot answers to any questions that arise.Practical, plain -language explanation of the internati...

Like it or not, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are coming and they will completely change how companies report their financial statements … Are you ready?If you need to get up to speed fast regarding IFRS then this is the book for you.You will learn:- What will change- What will not change- Who needs to comply- The four key principles of IFRS- How disclosure requirements will change- The new rules for assigning ...

The simple solution to complex accountingYou don't need a genius IQ to ace your financial accounting curriculum. The only prerequisites are a little discipline and a comprehensive tutorial devoid of confusing jargon.Financial Accounting DeMYSTiFieD presents all the concepts and skills you need, in a language you understand. Designed to let you learn at your own pace, it explains all the rules for preparing and reporting accounting information to parties outside a...

An essential guide to corporate financeUnderstanding corporate finance is a necessity for financial practitioners who struggle every day to find the right balance between maximizing corporate value and reducing a firm's financial risk.Divided into two comprehensive parts, Mastering Corporate Finance Essentials presents the material by example, using an extended scenario involving a new business formation. In Part One, present and future value mathematics are introd...

Accounting as easy as 1-2-3!Do you know the difference between FIFO and LIFO? Can you use the word dilutive in a sentence? Does the phrase "amortization of bond premiums" mean anything to you? No one said the journey to becoming a CPA is easy--but with Intermediate Accounting DeMYSTiFieD as your travel companion, you're guaranteed a smooth ride.An easy-to-use self-teaching guide that reviews and expands upon core Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP),

Minimize Your Exposure to Market Risk and Increase Profits by Trading in Very Brief Time FramesIn today’s turbulent markets, traditional trading strategies have failed to provide protection from the rapid and violent changes that have swung the Dow down 330 points one day, up 280 points the next, and down 250 points at the open on the next. Fundamental analysis based on company performance and financial predictions has proven meaningless. Technical traders must now...

This book is essential in understanding, investing and risk managing the holy grail of investments - structured products. The book begins by introducing structured products by way of a basic guide so that readers will be able to understand a payoff graphic, read a termsheet or assess a payoff formula, before moving on to the key asset classes and their peculiarities. Readers will then move on to the more advanced subjects such as structured products construction and behaviour during their ...

Performance measurement and attribution are key tools in informing investment decisions and strategies. Performance measurement is the quality control of the investment decision process, enabling money managers to calculate return, understand the behaviour of a portfolio of assets, communicate with clients and determine how performance can be improved.Focusing on the practical use and calculation of performance returns rather than the academic background, Practical Portfolio Perfor...

Updated coverage of structured credit products with in-depth coverage of the latest developmentsStructured credit products are one of today's fastest growing investment and risk management mechanisms, and a focus of innovation and creativity in the capital markets. The building blocks of these products are credit derivatives, which are among the most widely used products in finance. This book offers a succinct and focused description of the main credit derivative instruments, as we...

Win the recruiting race with the ultimate analyst's guide to the interviewThe Complete, Technical Interview Guide to Investment Banking is the aspiring investment banker's guide to acing the interview and beginning your journey to the top. By merging a 'study guide' to the field with a forecast of the interview, this book helps you prepare for both content and structure; you'll brush up on important topics while getting a preview of the questions your inte...

Recent turbulence in the financial markets has highlighted the need for diversified portfolios with lower correlations between the different investments. Life settlements meet this need, offering investors the prospect of high, stable returns, uncorrelated with the broader financial markets.This book provides readers of all levels of experience with essential information on the process surrounding the acquisition and management of a portfolio of life settlements; the assessment, mo...